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The Weight of Gold

by Mica Jorgenson

ISBN: 9781647791049

Pub Date: 6 June 2023

Format: Hardcover

268 Pages

Mining in North America has long been criticized for its impact on the natural environment. Mica Jorgenson’s The Weight of Gold explores the history of Ontario, Canada’s rise to prominence...

Mapping Historical Las Vegas

A Cartographic Journey

by Joe Weber

ISBN: 9781948908405

Pub Date: 28 June 2022

Format: Paperback

336 Pages

This book takes readers on a cartographic journey through thousands of years of history in Las Vegas and explores many dimensions of the city today. Experience what Las Vegas was like in 1865, 1905, what lies beneath the waters of Lake Mead, an d what goes on in the vast public lands around the city.

Tributary Voices

Literary and Rhetorical Exploration of the Colorado River

by Paul A. Formisano

ISBN: 9781647790424

Pub Date: 26 April 2022

Format: Paperback

272 Pages

Tributary Voices takes a fresh look at the Colorado River through an interdisciplinary approach to the role stories play in cultivating a sustainable water ethic. Through literary, rhetorical, and historical analyses of some of the river’s lesser-known stakeholders, this study considers how our present moment on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Colorado River Compact demands a more comprehensive approach to river management.

One Shot for Gold

Developing a Modern Mine in Northern California

by Eleanor Herz Swent

ISBN: 9781647790066

Pub Date: 4 May 2021

Format: Hardcover

288 Pages

In 1978, a geologist working for the Homestake Mining Company discovered gold in a remote corner of California’s Napa County. This discovery led to the establishment of California’s most productive...

Gambling With Lives

A History of Occupational Health in Greater Las Vegas

by Michelle Follette Turk

ISBN: 9781948908924

Pub Date: 15 December 2020

Format: Paperback

378 Pages

A critical, long-term study on some of Southern Nevada’s most catastrophic workplace disasters. Updated through 2020, this revised and expanded edition includes discussions on:

Union activity, sexual harassment and misconduct, and race and employment
The change to Las Vegas’ “What happens here, stays here” slogan
The MGM Grand Fire and 1918 influenza pandemic
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the service industry
Legionnaire’s Disease outbreaks at resorts
Effects of the Route 91 Harvest Festival Shooting
The COVID-19 pandemic

Heavy Ground

William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster

by Norris Hundley Jr. and Donald C. Jackson

ISBN: 9781948908887

Pub Date: 8 December 2020

Format: Paperback

440 Pages

Heavy Ground explores the social, political, and technological history of the St. Francis Dam Disaster in California, the worst civil engineering disaster in twentieth-century American History. Approximately 400 people died in March 1928, when the concrete gravity dam built by Los Angeles engineer William Mulholland suddenly and tragically collapsed, releasing over 12 billion gallons of water into the Santa Clara River Valley.